Bertram Albert (Bert) Farquhar was born in Scottsdale on December 13, 1918 and was educated at the Scottsdale District School. His parents Robert and Jane Farquhar moved to Adamsfield shortly after osmiridium was discovered there in 1924 -25. They left in 1933 and Robert, with the assistance of Bert, established a lode tin mine near Lottah before returning to Scottsdale where he died in 1962 aged 77. Bert and his brother leased land, hired horses, mined and sold osmiridium, before establishing a substantial potato farm. Bert bought his brother out in 1941 and married Peggy Spotswood the year after. They raised a family of four surviving daughters. The Farquhar's gradually built a grazing empire covering over a hundred thousand acres mainly across Tasmania's north eastern corner. Bert was the first individual to pay more than $10 million for a single farm in Australia when in 1986 he purchased Tasmania's largest farm, Rushy Lagoon, near Gladstone, for $10.1 million. In 1946 he purchased a Scottsdale food dehydration plant. The plant known as 'Dewcrisp Products', later became 'General Jones' and then 'Simplot'. Bert Farquhar travelled overseas frequently, bringing new ideas back to Tasmania. A forward-thinking farmer, he is noted as an early advocate for a range of agricultural developments including organic soil management, pest control, and pine plantation practices. He is known for, with Herb Nicholls, developing a tidal gate system to address issues with salt tides on his properties. He was also pivotal in the establishment in Scottsdale of the C.S.I.R.O. Laboratories (later the Armed Forces Food Science Establishment).;;Farquhar was Chairman of the North Eastern Soldiers' Memorial Hospital and served on its board for over 39 years, arranging the purchase of the hospital site. He was a Councillor for 8 years, a Director of the North-Eastern Aerodrome; Chairman of the Swimming Pool Construction Committee, a foundation member of the Rotary Club, a member of Northbourne Park and Aminya Homes as well as a Justice of the Peace.;;The Farquhar's sold Rushy Lagoon in 1997 for $8.6 Million.;;Peggy Farquhar died at Scottsdale 24/08/2009. Bert died shortly after on 27/02/2010.